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GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS ON FOLLOWING TEXT OF TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM UKREP ICAO MONTREAL.
BEGINS:-
1. THE CHINESE DELEGATION ATTENDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISIONAL MEETING OF ICAO WHICH IS PREPARING FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION
COMMUNICATIONS QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE IN THE FORTHCOMING ASSEMBLY OF THE ITU IS SEEKING SUPPORT FROM THE MEETING FOR A TEXT AMENDING
THE ITU RADIO REGULATIONS.
2. THE TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE MOD 837. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SERVICE DOCUMENTS, A COUNTRY SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN THE TERRITORITY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF WHICH THE STATION IS LOCATED: A TERRITORY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED
AS A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA FOR THIS PURPOSE.
REASON: IN LINE WITH THE WORKING OF PROVISION 27/76. UNQUOTE. 3. THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A CHANGE CANNOT BE ASSESSED HERE, WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE CONTEXT OR TO THE GOVERNING CONSTITUTION OF THE ITU, BUT IN TERMS OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION, WORDING OF THIS SORT MAY REFLECT ON THE STATUS OF HONG KONG (OR OTHER BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY). THE CHINESE DELEGATES THEMSELVES REFERRED
TO HONG KONG AS AN EXAMPLE.
4. WHATEVER IS DECIDED HERE OF COURSE IS MERELY PREPARATORY FOR
THE LATER MEETING AND CARRIES NO COMMITMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE YOUR ADVICE ON WHETHER ANY PARTICULAR ACTION NEED BE TAKEN
BY OUR DELEGATION, WHO HAVE MEANWHILE BEEN ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE
LINE GIVEN IN THE BACKGROUND POLITICAL BRIEF PROVIDED FOR OUR
DELEGATION TO THE ICAO ASSEMBLY IN SEPT. 1977.
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